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Maytag voluntarily recalls 1.6M refrigerators (AP) March 10, 2009 at 6:28 pm AP - Maytag Corp. said Tuesday that it has voluntarily recalled about 1.6 million refrigerators due to an electrical problem that could create a fire hazard. 9/11 suspects: 'We are terrorists to the bone' (AP) March 10, 2009 at 6:17 pm AP - The self-professed mastermind and four other men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks declared they are "terrorists to the bone" in a statement that mocked the U.S. failure to prevent the killings and predicted America will fall like "the towers on the blessed 9/11 day." Snow closes businesses, highways in upper Midwest (AP) March 10, 2009 at 6:08 pm AP - Heavy snow driven by wind gusting to 40 mph brought parts of the upper Midwest to a halt Tuesday, closing courts, schools, businesses and two major highways. Loan should allow Mo. family to stay in cave home (AP) March 10, 2009 at 3:27 pm AP - An eastern Missouri family expects they'll be able to stay in their home built inside a cave after accepting an offer of a private mortgage contract. Curt Sleeper said Tuesday that a New Jersey-based business offered a 15-year loan with a low interest rate that should allow the family to keep their home in Festus, about 30 miles south of St. Louis. Too much armor robbing Marines of speed in combat (AP) March 10, 2009 at 1:13 pm AP - Using heavy layers of armor to keep troops safe from bullets and bombs is making the Marine Corps too slow on a battlefield where speed and mobility are critical, a senior military leader said Tuesday. NY Pastor: God's Wrath Is Near (Again) (LiveScience.com) March 10, 2009 at 1:05 pm LiveScience.com - According to the founding pastor of New York City's Times Square Church, David Wilkerson, denizens of the Big Apple should stockpile survival gear and a month's supply of non-perishable food in preparation for an "earth-shattering calamity" that could happen at any moment. The threat is not from foreign terrorists this time, but instead from God. Phoenix Mars Lander Found Liquid Water, Some Scientists Think (SPACE.com) March 10, 2009 at 12:00 pm SPACE.com - During its more than five-month stint on Mars last year, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander found evidence that liquid water existed at the spacecraft's landing site, some Phoenix team members say. Stocks shoot higher on Citigroup profit news (AP) March 10, 2009 at 11:53 am AP - Wall Street is rallying on a dose of good news from Citigroup Inc. What Will Happen to 'Slumdog Millionaire's' Child Stars? (Time.com) March 10, 2009 at 11:50 am Time.com - In the afterglow of the Oscars, the world focuses its concern on the kids of Slumdog Millionaire. The experience of past slum stars does not bode well Obama, taking on unions, backs teacher merit pay (AP) March 10, 2009 at 11:48 am AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday embraced a new approach to public education that adds up to merit pay for the better teachers and longer days and school years for students. Vick's former home fails to sell at auction (AP) March 10, 2009 at 11:19 am AP - Michael Vick's house is still available. Bernanke says regulatory overhaul needed (AP) March 10, 2009 at 10:12 am AP - The nation's financial regulatory system must be overhauled to strengthen oversight of banks, mutual funds and large financial institutions whose collapse would put the entire economy in peril, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. PROMISES, PROMISES: House fails to zero out carbon (AP) March 10, 2009 at 9:58 am AP - It was a bold promise: the House would "lead by example" to fight global warming, becoming the first legislative body in the world to zero out its carbon impact on the planet. Texas worst in US for homeless kids, report says (AP) March 10, 2009 at 9:43 am AP - Larry Canady took his family to a homeless shelter three weeks ago, no longer able to make ends meet after he and his wife were laid off from their jobs. Coulter, Maher spar at Radio City (Politico) March 10, 2009 at 9:29 am Politico - NEW YORK — Bill Maher couldn’t have asked for a better act to follow. Maher took the stage at the Radio City Music Hall Monday after Ann Coulter – with whom he’d spend the rest of the night debating – had held forth for 15 minutes on the sins of liberals. Dalai Lama says Tibet 'hell on earth' under China (AP) March 10, 2009 at 8:47 am AP - Paramilitary police and soldiers swarmed cities and villages in Tibet and restive western China on Tuesday, on the alert for possible unrest on the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule. The Dalai Lama said Tibet had become "hell on earth" under Beijing's control. In rough times, government jobs have greater appeal (Reuters) March 10, 2009 at 8:26 am Reuters - As the economic downturn forces corporations and small businesses to shed jobs, one large employer still has the 'help wanted' sign out: the U.S. government. Boston's real-life 'Cheers' bartender is laid off (AP) March 10, 2009 at 7:59 am AP - Eddie Doyle was the guy who really did know everybody's name. Bernard Madoff expected to speak in court Tuesday (AP) March 10, 2009 at 7:09 am AP - Bernard Madoff (MAY'-dawf) was likely to speak in court in an attempt to clear his lawyer of any potential conflicts of interest. Obama takes on teachers' unions (Politico) March 10, 2009 at 6:59 am Politico - After weeks of pleasing Democrats by overturning policies set by the previous administration, President Barack Obama Tuesday will for the first time confront a powerful constituency in his own party: teachers’ unions. Judges weigh whether Utah crosses are secular (AP) March 10, 2009 at 6:19 am AP - A federal appeals court is weighing Utah's use of crosses on roadside memorials honoring fallen highway patrol troopers, trying to decide if they are an endorsement of religion or a nonreligious, secular symbol of death. Collector: Lincoln photo uncovered in Grant album (AP) March 10, 2009 at 5:29 am AP - A collector believes a photograph from a private album of Civil War Gen. Ulysses S. Grant shows President Abraham Lincoln in front of the White House and could be the last image taken of him before he was assassinated in 1865. The coming evangelical collapse (The Christian Science Monitor) March 10, 2009 at 4:00 am The Christian Science Monitor - We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity. This breakdown will follow the deterioration of the mainline Protestant world and it will fundamentally alter the religious and cultural environment in the West. Survey sees a drift away from religion in America (The Christian Science Monitor) March 10, 2009 at 4:00 am The Christian Science Monitor - Christianity's hold on many Americans is slipping, losing out not to other faiths but to "no faith." Runway safety improvements lag at busy airports (AP) March 10, 2009 at 3:06 am AP - Six-year-old Joshua Woods was singing Christmas songs on Dec. 8, 2005, when a runaway plane at Chicago's Midway Airport crashed through a fence and collided with his family's car, killing the boy. The tragedy underscores what the government says is an urgent safety problem. Even in a recession, some companies are hiring (AP) March 10, 2009 at 12:21 am AP - Help wanted: pharmacists, engineers and nurses. Believe it or not, even some banks are hiring, at least for their technology teams. While the recession has claimed 4.4 million jobs, the economy has created others, many of them for highly trained and specialized professionals. More than 2 million jobs openings now exist across a range of industries, according to government data. Hurricane may have uncovered Civil War shipwreck (AP) March 9, 2009 at 10:27 pm AP - Experts know of about a dozen Civil War-era shipwrecks off the Texas coast. They might have just identified another.